Computer Lib/Dream Machines is a 1974 book by Ted Nelson, printed as a two-front-cover paperback to indicate its "intertwingled" nature. Originally self-published by Nelson, it was republished with a foreword by Stewart Brand in 1987 by Microsoft Press.
In Steven Levy's book Hackers, Computer Lib is described as "the epic of the computer revolution, the bible of the hacker dream. [Nelson] was stubborn enough to publish it when no one else seemed to think it was a good idea."
Published just before the release of the Altair 8800 kit, Computer Lib is often considered the first book about the personal computer.
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mdhughes
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May 9, 2021
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Original layout is correct
Start at either end, it's coherent either way. You can of course flip around a PDF, scroll to end and page up to flip works just fine.
Reviewer:
gridsleep
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March 16, 2021
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Thanks but inside out
Very good scan as far as it goes, but it is in original text order. One cannot "flip around" a PDF to read it back to front, as can be done with the original paper book. So, I have reassembled Computer Lib/Dream Machines in that order, start to finish plus start to finish. It is posted in my area "gridsleep" if you care to download it. Reading it is a bit easier.
